flappeth

Verb

flap (third-person singular simple present flaps, present participle flapping, simple past and past participle flapped)

1. (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
   • The crow slowly flapped its wings.
2. (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
   • The flag flapped in the breeze.
3. (intransitive) For a goalkeeper to weakly attempt to play a flighted ball with the hands, failing to control it.
   • Former Turkey goalkeeper Rustu Recber flapped at his first Delap throw but was given a soft free-kick by referee Antony Gautier.2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas”, in BBC Sport
4. (transitive) To pronounce (something) as a flap consonant.
5. (intransitive) To be pronounced with a flap consonant.
6. (intransitive) To be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.

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